Decreased Myocardial -Adrenergic Receptor Density in Relation to Increased Sympathetic Tone in Patients with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy - Concepedia

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Decreased Myocardial -Adrenergic Receptor Density in Relation to Increased Sympathetic Tone in Patients with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

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2007

Year

Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Koichi Morita, Masanao Naya, Masayuki Inubushi, Chietsugu Katoh, K Nishijima, Yuji Kuge, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Nagara Tamaki

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Abstract

A reduction in beta-AR density measured by (11)C-CGP PET was observed in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. This downregulation may be due to the increased presynaptic sympathetic tone as assessed by (123)I-MIBG imaging.

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